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M. A. OUMING. REVOLVING HAT BLOCKING TABLE.

Patented Feb. 6, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Gimme..

MART A. CUMING, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

REVOLVING HATfBLOCKlNG'TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLettexis Patent No. 271,807, dated February6,1883.

Application filed October 23, 1882.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARI AQCUMING, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have inven teda new and Improved RevolvingHat-Blocking Table, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new steam-table to facilitatethe blocking of hats.

The invention consists in a hat-blocking table, formed of a revolvingsteam box or vessel adapted to carry the hat dies or molds.

Theinvention furtherconsists in a stuffingbox for preventing the escapeof steam, and in clips for holdingthe stuffing-box on the supporting-table and for allowing the same to be revolved on itslongitudinal axis.

The invention further consists in an enlargement formed in the lowerpart of'the steamsupply pipe for the purpose of collecting thecondensation-water.

The invention also consists in handles for revolving the steam-box, andin studs for bolding the hat dies or molds on the same.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improvedrevolvingsteam hat-blocking table. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the clips and plate for bolding the steam-tubein place on the table.

Alow cylindrical metal box or vessel, A, closed at the .top and bottom,has a tube, B, screwed into its bottom, which tube projects from thebottom of the vessel A. The lower end of the tube B is screwed in astuffing-box, C, the lower end of which rests upon a collar, D, of acircular plate, E, secured on the top of a .table, F. A tube, Gr, fitsloosely in the tube B and passes through the collar D, and is enlargedat its lower end. The bottom of the tube G is closed and provided with asmaller outlet-pipe, 1-], closed bya cock, J. The stuffing-box O isprovided at its lower end with an annular horizontal flange, K, on whichthe upper ends of clips L rest, which are fast.

ened on the plate E, thus permitting the tubes B and G and'thestuffing-box O to turn on their longitudinal axis, but at the same timeI holdingthem on the table and preventing them from being raised fromthe table F. Two pins or studs, M, project from the top of the vessel A,and are adapted to pass into apertures in the under side of a male dieor mold, N, for a hat. The vessel A is provided with a series of radialhandles, 0. Abranch pipe,P,co nducts steam into the tube G. A screw, Q,passed through the collar D, holds the tube Grand prevents it fromturning.

The'operation is as follows: The steam passes through the tubes 1? and Ginto the vessel A and heats the same, and the dies or molds N R restingthereon, between which dies or molds the hat that is to be blocked isheld. The condensation-water collects in the enlarged hotat suitableintervals through the tube H. The stufling-box O prevents the escape ofsteam.

By means of the handles() the steam box or erator can convenientlymanipulate on all parts offthe hat and can adjust all parts of the moldsor dies properly. I

V The dies can easily be removed and replaced by others.

rotary spider supported by a hollow standard provided with a gas-burnerin its interior and been employed; and I am also aware that a ployed,and I therefore lay no claim to such inventions.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hat-blocking table made substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and consisting of a revolving steam box or vessel adapted tosupported the hat dies or molds, as set forth.

2. In a hat-blocking table, the combination,

pipe for the same, and a stuftlng-box to prein shown and described, andfor the purpose set forth.

3. In a hat-blocking table, the combination, with the steam box or tableA, of the tube B, the tube G, the stufling-box U, and thesupporting-plate E, having collar D, substantially vessel A can beturned easily, so that the opvent the, escape of steam, substantially asheretom part of the tube Gr, and can be drawn off 7 I am aware that inhat-blocking machines a I carrying a hat block or mold has heretoforerevolviughat-block has heretofore been emwith a revolving steam-box, ofa'steam-supply i as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

4. In a hat-blocking table, the combination, with the steam box orvessel A, of the tube B, the tube G, the stuffing-box (.3, having aflange, K, the supporting-plate E, having a collar, D, and the clips L,substantially as herein shown 4 and described, and for the purpose setforth;

5. In a hat-blocking table, the combination,

with the revolving steam box or vessel A, of

the tube G and the handles M, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a hat-blocking table, the combination,

'Witnesses OSCAR E. GUNZ, (J. SEDGWICK.

